5,387
5.4K
2008
2008
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
eye 5,387
favorite 21
comment 0
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
5,151
5.2K
1986
1986
by
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
texts
eye 5,151
favorite 29
comment 0
"This visionary novel. in which God and Government are joined, and America is run as a Puritanical Theoracy, can be read as a companion volume to Orwell's 1984-its verso, in fact. It gives you the same degree of chill, even as it suggests the varieties of tyrannical experience; it evokes the same kind of horror even as its mordant wit makes you smile." E.L.Doctorow
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Misogyny, Women
4,721
4.7K
2011
2011
by
Isaacson, Walter
texts
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favorite 47
comment 0
"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and...
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
4,271
4.3K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
eye 4,271
favorite 28
comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
3,796
3.8K
2012
2012
by
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
texts
eye 3,796
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comment 1
700
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cerebral palsy, Children with disabilities, Communication, Interpersonal relations, Genius, People...
3,762
3.8K
2000
2000
by
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
texts
eye 3,762
favorite 4
comment 0
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself
Topics: Newbery Medal, Juvenile delinquency, Homeless persons, Friendship, Treasure-trove
3,582
3.6K
2009
2009
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
eye 3,582
favorite 17
comment 1
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Insurgency, Survival, Television programs, Interpersonal relations, Contests, Science fiction,...
3,549
3.5K
2009
2009
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
eye 3,549
favorite 43
comment 0
"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games....
Topics: Survival, Television programs, Interpersonal relations, Contests, Survival, Television programs,...
3,438
3.4K
2006
2006
by
Yang, Gene Luen; Pien, Lark, ill
texts
eye 3,438
favorite 28
comment 0
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format
Topics: Graphic novels, Chinese Americans, Identity, Schools, Cartoons and comics
3,356
3.4K
texts
eye 3,356
favorite 19
comment 0
3,304
3.3K
1998
1998
by
Margaret Atwood
texts
eye 3,304
favorite 48
comment 0
Topics: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, Misogyny -- Fiction, Women -- Fiction
3,117
3.1K
1989
1989
by
Dangarembga, Tsitsi
texts
eye 3,117
favorite 16
comment 0
"This U.S. edition first published in 1989 by Seal Press"--T.p. verso
Topic: Women
3,073
3.1K
2012
2012
by
Palacio, R. J
texts
eye 3,073
favorite 26
comment 0
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student
Topics: Abnormalities, Human, Self-acceptance, Middle schools, Schools
3,048
3.0K
2013
2013
by
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
texts
eye 3,048
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comment 0
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
2,995
3.0K
texts
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comment 1
Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receiver the truth
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Science fiction
2,945
2.9K
2010
2010
by
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-; Homer. Odyssey
texts
eye 2,945
favorite 17
comment 0
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War
Topics: Children's Books -- Literature -- Classics by Age, Children's Books -- Literature -- Science...
2,739
2.7K
2007
2007
by
Krakauer, Jon
texts
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comment 0
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996
Topics: Discovery And Exploration (General), Outdoor Life, Travel, Biography / Autobiography, Travel -...
2,730
2.7K
texts
eye 2,730
favorite 11
comment 0
137 p. ; 22 cm
Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Juvenile fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Fiction,...
2,725
2.7K
1994
1994
by
Oliver, Mary, 1935-
texts
eye 2,725
favorite 46
comment 0
"A Harvest original."
Topics: English language, American poetry, English poetry, Poetry
2,712
2.7K
1973
1973
by
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967; van Haagen, Ernst, translator
texts
eye 2,712
favorite 92
comment 8
Translation of: Kunst der Farbe
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Color, Painting, Aesthetics
Source: folio
2,691
2.7K
1992
1992
by
Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-
texts
eye 2,691
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, Breuer, Josef, 1842-1925, Psychotherapist and patient,...
2,686
2.7K
1998
1998
by
Thomas Scanlon
texts
eye 2,686
favorite 22
comment 0
Topics: Right and wrong, Judgment (Ethics)
2,646
2.6K
2002
2002
by
Frank, Katherine
texts
eye 2,646
favorite 22
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-544) and index
Topics: Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984, Gandhi, Indira, Prime ministers, Biographie
2,586
2.6K
2014
2014
by
Doerr, Anthony, 1973- author
texts
eye 2,586
favorite 43
comment 0
"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her...
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,242
2.2K
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 2,242
favorite 10
comment 0
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Topics: Chauffeurs, Poor, Ambition, Businesspeople
2,237
2.2K
2011
2011
by
Deborah E. Harkness
texts
eye 2,237
favorite 27
comment 0
2,197
2.2K
2007
2007
by
Stephen W. Hawking; S. W. Hawking
texts
eye 2,197
favorite 33
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: General, History & Philosophy, History Of Mathematics, Mathematicians And Their Works,...
2,185
2.2K
1964
1964
by
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
texts
eye 2,185
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Authors, American
2,166
2.2K
2004
2004
by
Toni Morrison
texts
eye 2,166
favorite 18
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,152
2.2K
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
eye 2,152
favorite 27
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
2,142
2.1K
1984
1984
by
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
texts
eye 2,142
favorite 6
comment 0
Revised versions of 3 lectures delivered at Harvard University in Apr. 1983
Topics: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Authors, American, Fiction in English American...
2,140
2.1K
2012
2012
by
Danforth, Emily M
texts
eye 2,140
favorite 31
comment 0
In the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,073
2.1K
2010
2010
by
Riordan, Rick
texts
eye 2,073
favorite 14
comment 1
A Junior Library Guild selection
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading...
2,051
2.1K
Oct 4, 2005
10/05
by
John M. Barry
texts
eye 2,051
favorite 31
comment 2
2,029
2.0K
1977
1977
by
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
texts
eye 2,029
favorite 12
comment 0
"1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 ..."--Back paperback cover
Topics: Orwell, George, 1903-1950, Totalitarianism, Cautionary tales and verse, Science fiction, English,...
2,012
2.0K
2007
2007
by
Hosseini, Khaled
texts
eye 2,012
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
2,012
2.0K
2001
2001
by
Tufte, Edward R., 1942-
texts
eye 2,012
favorite 33
comment 0
Includes index
Topics: Statistics, Statistique, Statistique, Statistique, Méthode graphique, Statistics as Topic, Data...
2,011
2.0K
2005
2005
by
Steven D. Levitt
texts
eye 2,011
favorite 35
comment 0
Topics: Economics -- Psychological aspects, Economics -- Sociological aspects
2,007
2.0K
2009
2009
by
Sinek, Simon
texts
eye 2,007
favorite 17
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Leadership
1,917
1.9K
1986
1986
by
Silko, Leslie, 1948-
texts
eye 1,917
favorite 7
comment 0
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1977
Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Laguna Indians, Literature, Modern, Indians, North American, Veterans
1,900
1.9K
2006
2006
by
Alison Bechdel
texts
eye 1,900
favorite 29
comment 0
Topics: Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade...
1,893
1.9K
1960
1960
by
P.D. Eastman
texts
eye 1,893
favorite 5
comment 0
1,874
1.9K
1973
1973
by
Pynchon, Thomas, b. 1947
texts
eye 1,874
favorite 28
comment 0
760 p. 23 cm
Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, Americans -- Europe -- Fiction, Rockets (Ordnance) -- Fiction,...
1,860
1.9K
texts
eye 1,860
favorite 15
comment 0
A Beginner Book
Topics: Fantasy, Stories in rhyme, Children's stories, American, Cats, Nonsense verses
1,839
1.8K
1999
1999
by
Blackburn, Simon
texts
eye 1,839
favorite 34
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index
Topic: Philosophy
1,833
1.8K
2014
2014
by
Collins, Suzanne, author
texts
eye 1,833
favorite 5
comment 0
Originally published in hardcover in 2010 -- T.p. verso
Topics: Insurgency, Survival, Television programs, Interpersonal relations, Contests, Survival skills,...
1,823
1.8K
1999
1999
by
Edson, Margaret, 1961-
texts
eye 1,823
favorite 7
comment 0
"In this play, Margaret Edson has created a work that is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate. At the start of Wit, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of the metaphysical poet John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to the study of Donne: aggressively probing and intensely rational. But...
Topics: Cancer in women, Women college teachers, English teachers, Ovarian Neoplasms, Faculty, Drama,...
1,812
1.8K
2000
2000
by
Stella Adler
texts
eye 1,812
favorite 21
comment 0
1,803
1.8K
1951
1951
by
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010
texts
eye 1,803
favorite 23
comment 0
277 p. ; 21 cm
Topics: Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Runaway teenagers -- Fiction, New York (N.Y.)...
1,794
1.8K
texts
eye 1,794
favorite 16
comment 0
Topics: Autism -- Fiction., Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction., England -- Fiction.
1,788
1.8K
1985
1985
by
Babbitt, Natalie
texts
eye 1,788
favorite 11
comment 1
"An ALA notable children's book."
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Fantasy, Fantastic fiction
1,788
1.8K
1981
1981
by
Cook, David A
texts
eye 1,788
favorite 23
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 671-692
Topics: Motion pictures, Filmkunst, Cinéma, Motion pictures, Film
1,769
1.8K
1991
1991
by
Cisneros, Sandra
texts
eye 1,769
favorite 29
comment 0
The house on Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys & girls -- My name -- Cathy queen of cats -- Our good day -- Laughter -- Gil's furniture bought & sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, his cousin & his other cousin -- Marin -- Those who don't -- There was an old woman she had so many children she didn't know what to do -- Alicia who sees mice -- Darius & the clouds -- And some more -- The family of little feet -- A rice sandwich -- Chanclas -- Hips -- The first job -- Papa who wakes up tired...
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,768
1.8K
2000
2000
by
Zander, Rosamund Stone, 1942-; Zander, Benjamin, 1939-
texts
eye 1,768
favorite 18
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Possibility, Achievement, Personal Satisfaction, Self Concept, Possibilité
1,767
1.8K
1993
1993
by
Roth, Leland M
texts
eye 1,767
favorite 36
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Architecture, Architecture, Bouwkunst
1,765
1.8K
2011
2011
by
Stockett, Kathryn
texts
eye 1,765
favorite 11
comment 0
Originally published: New York : Amy Einhorn Books, c2009
Topics: Civil rights movements, African American women
1,749
1.7K
1998
1998
by
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
texts
eye 1,749
favorite 13
comment 0
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award (American Library Association), 1999
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Women, Man-woman relationships, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
1,748
1.7K
2009
2009
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
eye 1,748
favorite 8
comment 0
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
1,734
1.7K
2004
2004
by
Chernow, Ron. author
texts
eye 1,734
favorite 45
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-749) and index
Topics: Philanthropists, Historical - U.S., Biography/Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography,...
1,720
1.7K
1996
1996
by
Kotter, John P., 1947-
texts
eye 1,720
favorite 12
comment 0
Pt. 1. The change problem and its solution. Transforming organizations : why firms fail -- Successful change and the force that drives it -- pt. 2. The eight-stage process. Establishing a sense of urgency -- Creating the guiding coalition -- Developing the guiding coalition -- Developing a vision and strategy -- Communicating the change vision -- Empowering employees for broad-based action -- Generating short-term wins -- Consolidating gains and producing more change -- Anchoring new approaches...
Topics: Organizational change, Leadership, Industrial organization, Strategic planning, Changement...
1,714
1.7K
2014
2014
by
Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943- author
texts
eye 1,714
favorite 48
comment 1
xvi, 443 pages : 24 cm
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment, Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment, Stress...
1,704
1.7K
2011
2011
by
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
texts
eye 1,704
favorite 30
comment 1
925 pages ; 24 cm
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, FICTION -- Dystopian, FICTION -- Literary, FICTION -- Magical...
1,702
1.7K
2007
2007
by
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
texts
eye 1,702
favorite 8
comment 0
"Sarah Crichton Books."
Topics: Beah, Ishmael, 1980-, Child soldiers, Boy soldiers
1,686
1.7K
1999
1999
by
Saramago, José; Pontiero, Giovanni
texts
eye 1,686
favorite 21
comment 0
"A Harvest book."
Topics: Blindness, Blindness, Literature, Modern
1,685
1.7K
1971
1971
by
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944; Woods, Katherine, 1886-1968
texts
eye 1,685
favorite 10
comment 0
Translation of Le petit prince
Topic: Fantasy
1,685
1.7K
2013
2013
by
Martin, George R. R
texts
eye 1,685
favorite 23
comment 0
The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes
Topics: Imaginary places, Good and evil, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Winter
1,669
1.7K
1995
1995
by
Matheson, Richard
texts
eye 1,669
favorite 27
comment 0
"The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by Richard Matheson"--Page 4 of cover
Topics: Vampire fiction, Thriller Fiction
1,661
1.7K
Aug 1, 2000
08/00
by
Jean Piaget
texts
eye 1,661
favorite 7
comment 0
1,657
1.7K
1997
1997
by
Ruiz, Miguel, 1952-
texts
eye 1,657
favorite 31
comment 0
Topics: Conduct of life, Toltec philosophy
1,637
1.6K
texts
eye 1,637
favorite 15
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,634
1.6K
1995
1995
by
Guterson, David
texts
eye 1,634
favorite 28
comment 0
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar...
Topics: Japanese Americans, Trials (Murder), Journalists
1,626
1.6K
1996
1996
by
Lumet, Sidney. aut
texts
eye 1,626
favorite 16
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: film
1,618
1.6K
1987
1987
by
Morrison, Toni
texts
eye 1,618
favorite 26
comment 0
Published also by New American Library, Plume, Vintage and Penguin
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,616
1.6K
Aug 24, 2010
08/10
by
Suzanne Collins
texts
eye 1,616
favorite 9
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,600
1.6K
1986
1986
by
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
texts
eye 1,600
favorite 15
comment 0
On Long Island in the early 1920s the mysterious Jay Gatsby tries to rekindle his romance with Daisy, a young woman who has married another man, the wealthy and cruel Tom Buchanan
Topics: Non-Classifiable, Classics, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Fiction, Traffic accidents, Married...
